The Boston Globe’s new Catholic website Crux had its launch event on Thursday, a discussion on the papacy of Pope Francis. The event featured Cardinal Sean O’Malley of Boston, John Allen, Mary Ann Glendon, Hosffman Ospino, and Millennial editor Robert Christian. Margery Eagan moderated the panel. The full video of the event can be viewed… Read More A Pope for the 21st Century
Millennial writer Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig has the final post in this week’s Millennial at Distinctly Catholic. She writes: So libertarianism mis-imagines two fundamental poles of its consideration, at least by Catholic lights: both the human person and property. By imagining the right of property to precede the common good of humankind, libertarian philosophy departs sharply… Read More Millennial at Distinctly Catholic: Catholicism and libertarianism clash over property and the common good
Millennial writer and copy editor Sarah Christian has a reflection on the enduring lesson of 9/11 in the latest Millennial at Distinctly Catholic. She writes: So, as members of a global community — one human family — we have to consider what we can do to protect the vulnerable. As citizens, we must push our… Read More The enduring lesson of 9/11: We are one human family
Millennial writer Meghan Clark contrasts Catholic thinking and libertarianism in the latest Millennial at Distinctly Catholic. She writes: To understand what Pope Francis says on poverty, inequality and exclusion, you have to first understand this deep unity of the one human family, of our belonging to each other and our standing together before God. This… Read More Millennial at Distinctly Catholic: Solidarity is our word
Millennial co-founder Christopher Hale addresses President Obama’s decision to delay executive action on immigration reform in the second installment of Millennial at Distinctly Catholic. He writes: The president of the United States must encounter the suffering of people at our borders without delay. This is where our national scandal of sin, pain, injustice and ignorance… Read More Millennial at Distinctly Catholic: Obama Comes Up Short on Immigration
Pope Francis: “The Church must go out into the streets, seek the people, go to homes, visit families, go to the fringes.”
Michael Sean Winters of the National Catholic Reporter, one of our favorite writers, will be on vacation this week, and Millennial will be filling in for him at his popular blog Distinctly Catholic. Millennial editor Robert Christian has the first entry, in which he explains how Pope Francis’ 10 keys to happiness explain his popularity.… Read More Millennial at Distinctly Catholic: Why Pope Francis Is So Popular
